Did you know that the Golden Gate Bridge is designed to sway 27 feet in an earthquake? Or that famous Lombard Street, the Crookedest Street in the World actually isnt even the crookedest street in San Francisco? Written by the same author who brought us Play Ball and other best-selling trivia books, this quirky compendium of fun facts and stories about The City is cut in the shape of the Golden Gate Bridge. From BARTs transbay tube that sits 130 feet below the surface of the San Francisco Bay to the top of the 853-foot-tall Transamerica Pyramid, all of San Franciscos best-kept mysteries are revealed and popularbut inaccuratemyths are exploded. A distinctive souvenir for visitors, a great impulse buy for locals, and a necessary dispute settler for San Francisco fanatics everywhere, this book takes a fresh approach to the City That Knows How, but prefers not to.
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John Snyder is a sportswriter and the author of Play Ball (0-8118-0038-5), Basketball! (0-8118-0308-2), Goal! (0-8118-0463-1), and Hockey! (0-8118-0560-3). He lives in Cincinnati but left his heart in San Francisco, where he may return one day if he can fi
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This review is from: San Francisco Secrets: Fanscinating Facts about the City by the Bay (Paperback)
I bought this little collection of fun facts about the city in the airport on my way home. I wish I had it when I was walking around SF - it makes me want to return ASAP. An excellent compilation of history and trivia that brings the place to life.
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A little history about my home town -- 20 years later,
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I'd signed up to take a History of San Francisco class as an elective during my first two years of college. It was cancelled because there were only three students signed up that were interested and a class had to have at least 11 students in order to happen -- unbelievable!! I was deeply disappointed. Well, I think this little book covers more than I would have learned in that class, if it had taken place, a little more than 20 years ago. Next time I go home to see friends & family, I'm going to conduct my own history walking tour with this book in my pack!
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This fun compilation of facts isn't a secret any longer. I see this book everywhere around the Bay and it is deservedly a top seller in the genre. It's like a great appetizer tray - so many tidbits of delectable facts about San Francisco. San Francisco Secrets does a fine job of stating why the city is unique. Love the funky cut - it makes the book stand out,easy to find on my shelves.
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It is believed that some San Franciscans who died in the 1906 earthquake and fire are buried in Alamo Square. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, United States, North Beach, Gold Rush, Golden Gate Bridge, San Franciscans, Union Square, Columbus Avenue, Nob Hill, Pacific Heights, Russian Hill, Barbary Coast, Golden Gate Park, Grant Avenue, Telegraph Hill, City Hall, Cliff House, Market Street, Bay Bridge, Civic Center, Hyde Street, Twin Peaks, Fisherman's Wharf, Mission District, Mission Dolores New!
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It is believed that some San Franciscans who died in the 1906 earthquake and fire are buried in Alamo Square. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, United States, North Beach, Gold Rush, Golden Gate Bridge, San Franciscans, Union Square, Columbus Avenue, Nob Hill, Pacific Heights, Russian Hill, Barbary Coast, Golden Gate Park, Grant Avenue, Telegraph Hill, City Hall, Cliff House, Market Street, Bay Bridge, Civic Center, Hyde Street, Twin Peaks, Fisherman's Wharf, Mission District, Mission Dolores New!
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- Beat Generation by Jack Kerouac on page 38, and page 86
- Tales of the City (Tales of the City Series, V. 1) by Armistead Maupin on page 135
- Treasure Island (Signet Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson on page 163
- Paperback Classics: Treasure Island Pb by Robert Louis Stevenson on page 163
- Thurgood Marshall (Famous Americans) by Helen Frost on page 74
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- Time Out San Francisco 4 (Time Out San Francisco Guide) by Time Out in Back Matter
- Moon Handbooks: San Francisco (1st Ed.) by Kim Weir on page 193
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